jaxboiler's review against another edition
5.0
Apparently this is the second time I have read this book. I sure don't remember reading it. Oh well. I really enjoyed this alternative history look at the Battle of Gettysburg. I am looking forward to the next one.
ksull95's review
5.0
I'm going to start this off by saying I am a huge Civil War buff, particularly when it comes to the battle of Gettysburg. That being said, I still found this book very enjoyable. I think you have to go into it from the perspective that it is in fact fiction. Not historical fiction in the sense of Jeff Shaara's books, but pure fiction as it is what has been deemed "alternative" history. It was an interesting concept to approach the battle and try to, in a way, correct Lee's mistakes and see what may have happened had different decisions been made along the way. I felt the characterization wa believable, and I enjoyed the brief interactions between Lo Armistead and Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. I enjoyed this for what it was, a novel, and I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.
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